NYT Obituaries
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Jean-Pierre Azéma, a historian who became a leading chronicler of France’s dark days of wartime compromise, helping lead a shift in attitude about that period though he himself was the son of a notorious collaborator with the Nazis, has died at 87. nyti.ms/4nUONQq
Peter Phillips, a vanguard figure of British Pop Art in the 1960s whose paintings featured car parts and pinups, capturing the swirl of sex and consumerism of postwar commercial culture, is dead at 86. nyti.ms/46r4Mj8
Ozzy Osbourne, who helped invent heavy metal as the lead singer of Black Sabbath, has died at 76. nyti.ms/3Usyg8L
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who rose to fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” in the mid-1980s, has died at 54. nyti.ms/3Us5Mfk
From her 1962 debut in Wagner’s “Die Walkure” to her final performances, 30 years later, in Falla’s “El Amor Brujo,” Gilda Cruz-Romo was celebrated for a big voice that was also capable of singing quite softly. nyti.ms/3GERQvy
Zelig Eshhar was an Israeli immunologist whose research in the 1980s and ’90s had a critical impact on immunotherapy that attacks certain cancers. nyti.ms/453gy0M
Wearing his signature fedora and playing a fugel horn, Chuck Mangione won wide popularity and 14 Grammy nominations, winning twice, for his “smooth jazz” recordings in the 1970s. He has died at 84. nyti.ms/4f6dCEU
Hulk Hogan, whose flamboyance and star power helped transform professional wrestling from a low-budget regional attraction into a multibillion dollar industry, has died at 71. nyti.ms/3Us2ngz
As a longtime coach at the University of Oregon, he nurtured the careers of such standout runners as the Olympians Steve Prefontaine and Joaquim Cruz and the marathon runner Alberto Salazar. nyti.ms/46lFBOR
As co-founder of the Heritage Foundation and its longtime leader, he became one of the most influential figures of a resurgent conservative movement. Edwin J. Feulner Jr. has died at 83. nyti.ms/45hxmlL
The Broadway costume designer Martin Izquierdo, who created the wings for “Angels in America” and the Victoria’s Secret runway models, as well as inventive outfits for Oprah Winfrey, Heidi Klum and Marc Jacobs, has died at 83. nyti.ms/46Uh1Vq
From her 1962 debut in Wagner’s “Die Walkure” to her final performances, 30 years later, in Falla’s “El Amor Brujo,” Gilda Cruz-Romo was celebrated for a big voice that was also capable of singing quite softly. nyti.ms/44WM3t7
As a mainstay of “As the World Turns” from 1960 until it went off the air in 2010, Ms. Fulton inhabited the world of Lisa Miller (later Lisa Grimaldi) for so long that she liked to say she led a double life. nyti.ms/450IOkB
Sarah Morlok Cotton, the last surviving member of a set of identical quadruplets who charmed Depression-era America as child performers and then took part in a landmark psychological study after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, has died at 95. nyti.ms/4lCXDkg
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who rose to fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” in the mid-1980s, has died at 54. nyti.ms/40yTQw5
Bill Clay, Missouri’s first Black congressman, was a co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus and an uncompromising advocate for the poor. He has died at 94. nyti.ms/3GRy5kq
Kenneth Colley, whose steely portrayal of Adm. Firmus Piett, Darth Vader’s trusted officer, in the Star Wars film “The Empire Strikes Back” turned him into a fan favorite and earned him a call back for “Return of the Jedi,” has died at 87. nyti.ms/3TV6ulb
Ozzy Osbourne, who helped invent heavy metal as the lead singer of Black Sabbath, has died at 76. nyti.ms/4m3B7Rq
Zelig Eshhar, the Israeli scientist who made a conceptual leap in immunotherapy, creating a hybrid T-cell known as CAR-T that was genetically engineered to find and destroy cancer cells, has died at 84. nyti.ms/46l0AkR
With books and workshops, Joanna Macy helped others deal with the stress caused by climate change, inspiring them to take action instead of being paralyzed by despair. She has died at 96. nyti.ms/4lIcqdp